Hi everyone, today i was browsing the straits times website and come across an article on smoking in singapore, heres the link.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_476788.html
After reading this, it triggers me to think about the youth in singapore that are smoking. Why do youth smoke?
Let me share my story regarding smoking. I touch my 1st stick of cig when i was 14, it was out of curiosity and being cool, my friends were smoking and i ask for a stick. I did not start smoking after that, i though i can control the influence form others and not smoke. A few years later, when i was in poly i slowly become a social smoker, a few of my friends smoke and when we go pub and club, i often take a stick from them. However, it was before i turn 18, i decided to buy alcohol and cig before being legal for the last time, that was the time i buy my 1st packet of cig. This 1st pack kick off a start and turn me into a smoker, at 1st it was itchy hand and itchy mouth, then it turns to smoking finish the pack before it turns bad. So this is how i began the youth smoking journey.
Please share your stories (for smokers) and if non smokers want to share your views on youth smoking and the disadvantages, you are welcome as well.
Cheers